How is water wasted? My mum always used to have a go at me for wasting water, leaving taps on etc, but surely it just goes back into the system. Surely water is either in the human man made sewage/plumbing system, a river, the sea, the sky, or the ground making its way down to the water table? If it is true that some of the water we drink will also once have been dinosaur piss (a fact I read somewhere that stuck with me and that may not be a fact), how can it also be "wasted" if it is that inexhaustible?

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How is water wasted? My mum always used to have a go at me for wasting water, leaving taps on etc, but surely it just goes back into the system. Surely water is either in the human man made sewage/plumbing system, a river, the sea, the sky, or the ground making its way down to the water table? If it is true that some of the water we drink will also once have been dinosaur piss (a fact I read somewhere that stuck with me and that may not be a fact), how can it also be "wasted" if it is that inexhaustible?

In many places, water is drawn from fresh water aquifers via wells or whatever, and they have a finite capacity - basically, fresh water is very limited and is becoming more so. Most water is salty, and it takes a lot of energy to make water potable, so it's pretty expensive to desalinate water, making it beyond the reach of many regions. Also, putting that cleaned water back into the natural system is a waste of that energy.

In the UK, we're lucky to have a lot of fresh water resource, although it's becoming a problem in the southeast of England as far as I'm aware.

Why has it become a thing that sites where yo have to log in now have a separate page for your username and password? It used to always be one under the other, but now you enter your username and click "next" to get the bit where you enter your password. There'd better be a fucking good reason for this, because on the face of it, it's really stupid and annoying.

Saw some white dogshit today. Very nostalgic. Almost brought a tear to my eye.

Come to my back garden, you can pick up numerous examples every day. Or to put it another way, our dogs eat raw food (basically, minced meat and bone), so every poo goes white as it dries. Most pets nowadays are fed processed rubbish which increases the volume of shit, and either dilutes or doesn't include the component that remains and dries to a light colour.

Why has it become a thing that sites where yo have to log in now have a separate page for your username and password? It used to always be one under the other, but now you enter your username and click "next" to get the bit where you enter your password. There'd better be a fucking good reason for this, because on the face of it, it's really stupid and annoying.

It buggers with the auto complete function

Is that just an aside, or is that something to do with the reason?

Also, the two most familiar examples of this system to me - eBay and Google - both still work with browser-based autocomplete.

Because each organisation recommends a mandatory challenger to the belt holder and sometimes if you don't fight them then you get stripped of your belt.
All bollocks I know.
Btw blame the start of all these different organisations on Muhammad Ali

I'm no cricket fan anyway, but how do people (both players and fans) motivate themselves to really give a shit about the Ashes almost immediately after winning the World Cup?

The one day game to a lot of people , me included , is an inferior version of the game.
At the risk of appearing on Fiona Ts radar
It's the fucking Aussies.
Any instantces of beating the Aussies at any sport , especially cricket , should be savoured

I'm no cricket fan anyway, but how do people (both players and fans) motivate themselves to really give a shit about the Ashes almost immediately after winning the World Cup?

Aside from the history and rivalry, the difference between the one day and test match versions is big enough that the Ashes is a distinct challenge. England have consistently been the best one day team over the last 4 years, culminating in winning the World Cup, but their test form has been somewhat mediocre, and the players wouldn't go into the series thinking they had nothing left to prove.

It really doesn't, unless you've got some sort of super-turbine toilet that throws the water from the toilet bowl all over your bathroom. Sure, a few microbial parts may find their way out, but you're not going to get ill from those, unless you're already heavily immunologically compromised, in which case you're far more likely to get ill from something else, shaking hands with someone for instance.

It really doesn't, unless you've got some sort of super-turbine toilet that throws the water from the toilet bowl all over your bathroom. Sure, a few microbial parts may find their way out, but you're not going to get ill from those, unless you're already heavily immunologically compromised, in which case you're far more likely to get ill from something else, shaking hands with someone for instance.

Yeah, I know I've survived this long, but I like to think such claims creep people out a bit. Plus it's neater.

I want to return to this actually - I know it's supposedly a thing that women complain about men leaving the toilet seat up so they have to go to the great deal of effort to put it down again.

But if there is a "civilised" way to do it, it's to put both the seat and the lid down. If you leave the lid up, there's no moral highground to be had for those who leave the seat down. It's all the same.

Moving away from this .
My brother insists his birth mark has move significantly over the years, I call bullshit on the basis that tattoos don't move so how can birthmarks move.
Can anyone throw any light on this ?

I want to return to this actually - I know it's supposedly a thing that women complain about men leaving the toilet seat up so they have to go to the great deal of effort to put it down again.

But if there is a "civilised" way to do it, it's to put both the seat and the lid down. If you leave the lid up, there's no moral highground to be had for those who leave the seat down. It's all the same.

I agree, but I get told off for putting the lid down. So I now put the lid down everywhere but in my own house.

How does your body know when to make you need to go for a poo? Quite often if I've been out and not needing to go at all, I'll get back and then start needing to go quite urgently. It can't just be a coincidence that I happen to get back just in time.

I want to return to this actually - I know it's supposedly a thing that women complain about men leaving the toilet seat up so they have to go to the great deal of effort to put it down again.

But if there is a "civilised" way to do it, it's to put both the seat and the lid down. If you leave the lid up, there's no moral highground to be had for those who leave the seat down. It's all the same.

I agree, but I get told off for putting the lid down. So I now put the lid down everywhere but in my own house.

I want to return to this actually - I know it's supposedly a thing that women complain about men leaving the toilet seat up so they have to go to the great deal of effort to put it down again.

But if there is a "civilised" way to do it, it's to put both the seat and the lid down. If you leave the lid up, there's no moral highground to be had for those who leave the seat down. It's all the same.

I agree, but I get told off for putting the lid down. So I now put the lid down everywhere but in my own house.

Would Mr Eadie be willing to reveal what proportion of Countdown applicants fail the audition?

And how come the postal address is still in Leeds?

Perhaps another one to add to this (though it does not appear under always wanted to know) was as to why Robin Johnson was not present in the S79 finals- though of course, it does not need to made public if the subject is of a private/personal matter.

Would Mr Eadie be willing to reveal what proportion of Countdown applicants fail the audition?

And how come the postal address is still in Leeds?

Perhaps another one to add to this (though it does not appear under always wanted to know) was as to why Robin Johnson was not present in the S79 finals- though of course, it does not need to made public if the subject is of a private/personal matter.

Presumably he couldn't make the recording dates. It's not even that rare is it? Why single him out?

Would Mr Eadie be willing to reveal what proportion of Countdown applicants fail the audition?

And how come the postal address is still in Leeds?

Perhaps another one to add to this (though it does not appear under always wanted to know) was as to why Robin Johnson was not present in the S79 finals- though of course, it does not need to made public if the subject is of a private/personal matter.

Presumably he couldn't make the recording dates. It's not even that rare is it? Why single him out?

Just that he's the only one who has not been able to since I started watching. They usually mention if someone could not attend (i.e. Annie), but don't recall anything being said about Robin.

Moving away from this .
My brother insists his birth mark has move significantly over the years, I call bullshit on the basis that tattoos don't move so how can birthmarks move.
Can anyone throw any light on this ?

If he's recently gained a lot of weight (or lost a lot of weight), it could appear that way. But no, the skin doesn't move. It's actually quite a deep structure and is strongly integrated with the underlying flesh.

Very occasionally, molar birthmarks can change size or shape which can be an indication of malignant melanoma. It's pretty rare but is always worth getting checked out, if that's the case.

I failed one back in the day when you had auditions at a hotel in central London I think either Kings cross or Euston.
I arrived late due to tube issues.
And I got flustered and started to stammer and Ballsed up the numbers rounds.
Will maybe try again in a few years
I think my audition might have been 1990